Colm T�ib�n\'s lovely, understated novel that proceeds with stately grace ( The Washington Post Book World ) about an uncompromising judge whose principles, when brought home to his own family, are tragic.
The result is a novel of stunning power, seductive and absorbing ( USA Today )..
With effortless fluency, Colm T�ib�n reconstructs the history of Eamon\'s relationships--with his father, his first girl, his wife, and the children who barely know him--and he writes about Eamon\'s affection for the Irish coast with such painterly skill that the land itself becomes a character.
Eamon Redmond is a judge in Ireland\'s high court, a completely legal creature who is just beginning to discover how painfully unconnected he is from other human beings.
Colm T�ib�n\'s lovely, understated novel that proceeds with stately grace ( The Washington Post Book World ) about an uncompromising judge whose principles, when brought home to his own family, are tragic
